Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

117 reviews

bishop_504's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

The title is slightly misleading, but so is most of the book. I’ve never read a book where I felt so lied to while only reading the truth. It’s a hilarious dark comedy mystery. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

Minor: Suicide

choirgirl171's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Gore

Moderate: Grief, Vomit, Kidnapping, Child death, Death of parent, Cursing, and Addiction

Minor: Infertility and Infidelity

my_personal_escape's review

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Vomit, Torture, Child death, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Addiction, Violence, Death of parent, Car accident, and Alcohol

rachel101's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I liked the writing style at first but then it got a bit tedious and I was bored in parts of the book….almost a DNF but I kept going as wanted to find out what happened but was disappointed in the ending…..I think this book is a marmite book….. not for everyone……

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Violence, Vomit, Murder, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infertility, Medical content, Suicide, Abandonment, Addiction, Child death, Kidnapping, Death, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Car accident, and Death of parent

aliciavalenski's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Murder, Grief, Alcohol, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Vomit, Car accident, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Police brutality, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Child death, Gore, Medical content, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Violence, Gun violence, and Infidelity

cerysl's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Confinement, Death, Grief, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Abandonment, Drug use, Medical content, Murder, Police brutality, Suicide, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Infertility

alliallialli's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Suicide and Child death

puddleshoes's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Medical content, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Murder, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Drug abuse, Addiction, and Confinement

Minor: Gun violence and Abandonment

maljacks87's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I love both the author's writing style and the plot. Only problems were:

1) the occasional use of GD;

2) the technical aspects of the big reveal, specifically the pictures, were hard to follow and seemed too technical for the time period everything originally occurred.

How did their dad get the Rolex in the first place, where did he get the tools and technology 35 years prior to somehow carve 16 pictures into a microdot on the watchface, and why there to begin with? How did Michael did the tools and technology he needed a day out of prison to repeat the process and somehow connect it to a literal piece of paper with ink and leave something so essential to complete chance the paper wouldn't be lost or destroyed?

 

3)

why the kidnapping victim's dad killed her in the first place and then staged the kidnapping, no motive or explanation provided, just that he staged the kidnapping to cover up the murder. It was another, last second big reveal, but there wasn't enough there to really finish it off.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Cursing, and Suicide

oxfordcommas91's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was an amazing cozy mystery that really hit the sweet spot of Agatha Christie-esque whodunnit with some fun twists along the way. In this unique book where our narrator helps authors write mystery novels (amazing mystery novel inception here…) and frequently breaks the fourth wall to talk to the reader, we are engulfed in the family drama of the Cunninghams, all of whom have killed someone. But this book isn’t quite what it appears to be on the surface. With dark humor and plenty of red herrings along the way, this book sped to its satisfying and gasp-worthy conclusion. I read this book in only a few sittings - I honestly had a hard time putting it down. This isn’t a twisty psychological thriller that will keep you up at night and instead relies on pretty straightforward murder mystery mechanics that are really good for a reason! This book just works. Can’t wait to read Stevenson’s 2024 sequel!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Blood, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Gore, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Murder, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Child death, Confinement, Addiction, Car accident, Cursing, Violence, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide

Moderate: Vomit